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Hagley Museum and Library
Hagley Finding Aids Results
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| Provident Mutual Life Insurance Company of Philadelphia records, 1832-1982
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| Creator: |
Provident Mutual Life Insurance Company of Philadelphia. |
| Repository: |
Hagley Museum and Library: Manuscripts and Archives Department |
| Accession Number: |
1930 |
| Extent: |
35 linear feet |
| Abstract: |
The Provident Mutual Life Insurance Company was organized by a group of Philadelphia Quakers in 1865, and by World War I it
had become one of the largest life insurance companies in the country with a strong presence in the New York and Boston markets.
The records of the Provident Mutual Insurance Company of Philadelphia are a collection of fragments assembled by the Advertising
Department in connection with the company's centennial history.
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| Insurance Society of Philadelphia records, 1899-1961
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| Creator: |
Insurance Society of Philadelphia. |
| Repository: |
Hagley Museum and Library: Manuscripts and Archives Department |
| Accession Number: |
1934 |
| Extent: |
2.5 linear feet |
| Abstract: |
The organization was formed in 1901 to provide a forum for persons engaged in the fire insurance business. The records consist
of vertical files and scrapbooks which document various aspects of the insurance industry, the Society, and its members.
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| Insurance & Financial Communicators Association records, 1933-2008
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| Creator: |
Insurance & Financial Communicators Association. |
| Repository: |
Hagley Museum and Library: Manuscripts and Archives Department |
| Accession Number: |
1942 |
| Extent: |
17 linear feet |
| Abstract: |
The Insurance & Financial Communicators Association was formed in 1933 to provide a context for the exchange of information
and ideas in the life insurance industry. The primary value of the collection is in its capacity for documenting trends in
the marketing of life insurance, and the rationale behind particular advertising campaigns. Case histories and publications
aimed at the industry are of most use in this regard. The bulk of the records are of interest only in documenting the internal
functions of the organization and the issues which it has perceived as important to the insurance industry.
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| Grubb family business records, 1818-1854
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| Creator: |
Grubb family |
| Repository: |
Hagley Museum and Library: Manuscripts and Archives Department |
| Accession Number: |
1948 |
| Extent: |
15 linear feet |
| Abstract: |
The Grubb family were ironmasters in Lancaster, York, and Dauphin Counties, Pennsylvania, for a period of over 150 years.
The records include account books and letters relating to the family's various iron enterprises, including the Codorus, Mananda,
Mount Hope, Mount Vernon, and Henry Clay.
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| Robert Lenox Belknap papers, 1872-1895
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| Creator: |
Belknap, Robert Lenox, 1848-1896 |
| Repository: |
Hagley Museum and Library: Manuscripts and Archives Department |
| Accession Number: |
1954 |
| Extent: |
1.25 linear feet |
| Abstract: |
Robert Lenox Belknap (1848-1896) was a capitalist and financier of New York City. The Robert Lenox Belknap papers are a fragment
saved by his descendants. The papers include Belknap's private letterbooks for the final years of his career (1892-1895),
although 33 earlier volumes have been lost. They include both business and personal correspondence and give a good picture
of the life of a New York financier of the second rank.
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| Pennsylvania Power & Light Company records, 1796-1995, bulk 1920-1975
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| Creator: |
Pennsylvania Power & Light Company. |
| Repository: |
Hagley Museum and Library: Manuscripts and Archives Department |
| Accession Number: |
1962 |
| Extent: |
107 linear feet |
| Abstract: |
Pennsylvania Power & Light Company formed in 1920 through the consolidation of eight electric utilities companies serving
central and eastern Pennsylvania. The collection primarily includes corporate papers documenting the company’s acquisition
of various competing electric companies in the early-to-mid twentieth century by way of franchise building, market research
and corporate communications, hydroelectric development through studies and surveys on Pennsylvania’s waterways, and material
documenting the company’s various power plants in central eastern Pennsylvania. Financial and accounting records of the Pennsylvania
Water & Power Company, which PP&L acquired in 1955, are also included.
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| Carpenter daybook, 1796-1821
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| Creator: |
unknown |
| Repository: |
Hagley Museum and Library: Manuscripts and Archives Department |
| Accession Number: |
1966 |
| Extent: |
1 item |
| Abstract: |
The collection consists of a day book kept by an unidentified carpenter in the Philadelphia area from 1796 to 1799. |
| DuPont Company Museum collection, 1885-1952
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| Creator: |
E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company. |
| Repository: |
Hagley Museum and Library: Audiovisual Collections and Digital Initiatives Department |
| Accession Number: |
1968.001 |
| Extent: |
55 linear feet |
| Abstract: |
E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company is a chemical company, which began as a manufacturer of gunpowder in 1802. The collection
consists of photographs and prints that document the early history of the DuPont Company’s involvement in the gunpowder and
explosives industries from the 1860s through the 1920s. The bulk of the collection are photographs of employees, executives,
and plant views, including aftermaths of explosions and construction. This collection also includes a variety of advertisements
for the DuPont Company as well as other non-DuPont related trades. A large portion of this collection are oversize materials
(panoramic photographs and advertising posters).
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| Cavalcade of America phonograph records, 1935-1953
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| Creator: |
Durstine, Roy S., (Roy Sarles), 1866-1962;
E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company.
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| Repository: |
Hagley Museum and Library: Audiovisual Collections and Digital Initiatives Department |
| Accession Number: |
1968.001.G68 |
| Extent: |
90 linear feet |
| Abstract: |
The
Cavalcade of America was an anthology drama radio program which aired weekly from 1935 to 1953. The radio show was sponsored
by the DuPont Company, a chemical company, which began as a manufacturer of gunpowder in 1802. The DuPont Company created
the
Cavalcade of America as a promotional tool. The program dramatized historical events focusing on individual stories of heroism,
and occasionally presented a musical performance. This collection contains recordings of most of the show's episodes and consists
of over 2,900 phonograph albums, approximately 500 sound tape reels, 6 sound cassettes and one scrapbook.
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| New-York Crystal Palace for the exhibition of the industry of all nations, lithograph, circa 1853
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| Creator: |
E. C. Kellogg & Co. |
| Repository: |
Hagley Museum and Library: Audiovisual Collections and Digital Initiatives Department |
| Accession Number: |
1968.002 |
| Extent: |
1.0 item |
| Abstract: |
E. C. Kellogg and Co. was a lithography firm in Hartford, Connecticut between 1851 and 1854. The item is a hand-colored lightograph
of the New York Crystal Palace for the exhibition of the industry of all nations.
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| Brandywine Manufacturers Sunday School color prints, 1963-1966
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| Creator: |
Wooten, Nancy |
| Repository: |
Hagley Museum and Library: Audiovisual Collections and Digital Initiatives Department |
| Accession Number: |
1968.004 |
| Extent: |
11 items |
| Abstract: |
The Brandywine Manufacturers Sunday School (BMSS) was organized in 1817 as a non-sectarian school for the children of the
local factory workers, with instruction in reading, writing, arithmetic, and religion. This collection contains eleven Kodachrome
prints of exterior views of the school building taken by Nancy Wootten (of Wilmington), between 1963 and 1966.
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| 150th Anniversary time capsule being buried at Eleutherian Mills photograph, circa 1952
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| Creator: |
E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company |
| Repository: |
Hagley Museum and Library: Audiovisual Collections and Digital Initiatives Department |
| Accession Number: |
1968.005A |
| Extent: |
1 item |
| Abstract: |
E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company a chemical company, was founded in 1802. The DuPont Company celebrated its 150th anniversary
on July 18, 1952, on the site of the original Eleutherian Mills. This item is a black and white photograph of the 150th Anniversary
time capsule being buried at Eleutherian Mills.
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| President Coolidge with group in front of White House photograph, undated
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| Creator: |
E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company |
| Repository: |
Hagley Museum and Library: Audiovisual Collections and Digital Initiatives Department |
| Accession Number: |
1968.005B |
| Extent: |
1 item |
| Abstract: |
Photograph of President Calvin Coolidge (1872-1933), Governor John G. Townsend, Jr. (1871-1964) of Delaware, Senator Lewis
Heisler Ball (1861-1932) of Delaware and a group of unidentified women standing infront of the White House.
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| All American Engineering Company photographs, 1943-1961
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| Creator: |
All American Engineering Company |
| Repository: |
Hagley Museum and Library: Audiovisual Collections and Digital Initiatives Department |
| Accession Number: |
1968.006 |
| Extent: |
58 items |
| Abstract: |
All American Engineering Company researches, engineers and develops airplanes and aviation equipment. The collection includes
photographs of air pick-up testing, airplanes, equipment, and personnel.
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| Harrington-Schiff collection of Aetna Powder Company and DuPont Company material, approximately 1889-1920
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| Creator: |
Harrington, Edward M., 1866-1933 |
| Repository: |
Hagley Museum and Library: Audiovisual Collections and Digital Initiatives Department |
| Accession Number: |
1968.007 |
| Extent: |
1 linear feet |
| Abstract: |
Edward M. Harrington (1866-1933) worked for the Aetna Powder Company, first in their electric blasting cap plant in Newport,
RI, and then as superintendent of the dynamite works at Aetna, Indiana. Later Harrington worked for the DuPont Company at
various plants. Images in this collections are of dynamite and other explosive plants, including Aetna Powder Company plants
in Newport, RI (electric blasting caps) and Aetna, IN, and DuPont Company plants in Repauno, NJ, Hopewell, VA, and many other
locations. Pictures show buildings, office and plant interiors (many with workers), employee groups, housing, and recreation.
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| John W. Macklem collection of DuPont Company powder yards photographs, 1889-1936
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| Creator: |
Macklem, J.W. |
| Repository: |
Hagley Museum and Library: Audiovisual Collections and Digital Initiatives Department |
| Accession Number: |
1968.010 |
| Extent: |
0.25 linear feet |
| Abstract: |
John W. Macklem (1867-1948) began working for E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company as an errand boy at a young age and remained
with the company his entire career. E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company is a chemical company more commonly referred to as the
DuPont company. This collection comprises photographs of buildings and scenes in DuPont Company explosives manufacturing plants
along the Brandywine Creek near Wilmington, Delaware, including the Eleutherian Mills (or Upper) yard, the Upper Hagley yard,
and the Lower Hagley yard.
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| Eleutherian Mills property development posters, undated
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| Creator: |
Eleutherian Mills-Hagley Foundation. Director's Office. |
| Repository: |
Hagley Museum and Library: Audiovisual Collections and Digital Initiatives Department |
| Accession Number: |
1968.011 |
| Extent: |
7 items |
| Abstract: |
Eleutherian Mills was a gunpowder mill site used for the manufacture of explosives by the du Pont family business from 1802
to 1921. Eleutherian Mills is now the site of the Hagley Museum and Library. This collection contains six prints of posters
which illustrate the development of the property at Eleutherian Mills as a production site.
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| Zebley-Hoffecker collection of Frank R. Zebley photograph albums, 1918-1944
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| Creator: |
Zebley, Frank R., 1883-1960 |
| Repository: |
Hagley Museum and Library: Audiovisual Collections and Digital Initiatives Department |
| Accession Number: |
1968.012 |
| Extent: |
8 volumes |
| Abstract: |
The Zebley-Hoffecker collection includes nearly 1500 historical photographs from the city of Wilmington, locations around
the state of Delaware, southeastern Pennsylvania, and other places of interest in the mid-Atlantic region.
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| Eleutherian Mills and Longwood Gardens aerial views, circa 1930s
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| Creator: |
Dallin, J. Victor, Col. |
| Repository: |
Hagley Museum and Library: Audiovisual Collections and Digital Initiatives Department |
| Accession Number: |
1968.017 |
| Extent: |
13 items |
| Abstract: |
Glass negatives of aerial views of Eleutherian Mills and Longwood Gardens taken by Dallin Aerial Surveys Company. |
| Meta Coleman collection of du Pont family portraits, circa 1860-circa 1900
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| Creator: |
Coleman, Margaretta du Pont, 1862-1938 |
| Repository: |
Hagley Museum and Library: Audiovisual Collections and Digital Initiatives Department |
| Accession Number: |
1968.021 |
| Extent: |
37 items |
| Abstract: |
Margaretta “Meta” du Pont Coleman (1862-1938) was a descendant of Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours (1739-1817) who founded
the E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company with his son Eleuthère Irénée du Pont (1771-1834) in 1802. The E.I. du Pont de Nemours
& Company is a chemical company more commonly referred to as the DuPont company. She collected family portraits while compiling
a family genealogy. This collection includes daguerrotypes, tintypes, ambrotypes and other early portrait photographs of various
family members.
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